The very first sign of spring for me is when the Hazel (Corylus avellana) in my back garden starts to flower. The large yellow-green catkins dangling in the wind always make me smile. So fun that the male (the large greenish worms) and female (tiny red fluffy bits) catkins flower on the same twig.
I wanted to paint a larger twig than this but got a bit bored by the catkins. To be honest, I started to paint it very detailed but soon got lazy. And since I was doing it for fun I made a bit impressionistic catkins. At the end I put in some sharper details and shadows. I think I can got away with it :P
The details are incredible!!! --And you say you were lazy?
ReplyDelete'Lazy'? 'Got away with it'? Come on - it is brilliant!
ReplyDeletevery beautyful your first flower for new springtime
ReplyDeleteWonderful detail! Sometimes too much detail takes the beauty away from something so lovely.
ReplyDeleteSigrid - this is so delicate and makes me yearn for spring! Linda
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